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Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1947 (repealed)

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Contents: 3 provisions
  1. Title and introductory text
  2. 1 Additional Lords of Appeal.
  3. 2 Short title.

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3 provisions

Title and introductory text

Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1947 (repealed) 1947 c.11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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1 Additional Lords of Appeal.

(1) . . . except in the event of the number of the Lords of Appeal in Ordinary being at any time less than seven, His Majesty shall not be advised to make an appointment to fill any vacancy among them unless the Lord Chancellor, with the concurrence of the Treasury, is satisfied that the state of business requires that the vacancy should be filled. (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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2 Short title.

This Act may be cited as the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1947.

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